Environment Archives

Down to Earth: Nature’s Role in American History

Book — Non-fiction. By Ted Steinberg. 2018. 370 pages.
A sweeping history of the United States — a history that places the environment at the very center of the narrative.

Dec. 10, 1997: Julia “Butterfly” Begins Successful Redwood Tree-sit that Lasts 738 Days

Environmental activist Julia “Butterfly” Hill maintained a tree-sit in an ancient redwood tree in Northern California for 738 days, successfully preventing logging of that area of old growth forest.

Jan. 1, 1994: Zapatista Uprising

The Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN) began an armed uprising in southeast Mexico to protest the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), sparking a worldwide anti-globalization struggle against neoliberalism.

Down to Earth: Nature’s Role in American History

Dec. 10, 1997: Julia “Butterfly” Begins Successful Redwood Tree-sit that Lasts 738 Days

Jan. 1, 1994: Zapatista Uprising

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